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William Rees-Mogg’s lifelong interest in cricket was forged as a boy at Charterhouse school, where he was the scorer for the first XI

William Rees-Mogg’s lifelong interest in cricket was forged as a boy at Charterhouse school, where he was the scorer for the first XI.

John Woodcock, the cricket correspondent of this newspaper, was to describe him as “keeper of the scorebook and, later, of The Times”.

Rees-Mogg’s particular interest was for his home county team of Somerset, which for much of his life, were a feckless side in terms of their standing in the county championship. As Editor of The Times, he would walk across to the sports desk in quiet moments and ask how Somerset were faring.